The Japanese corporate and political elite are no different from anybody elses elite.

I call this dismantle-ism.

Japan is a case study in banking corruption and little to no political intervention. And a lot of it can be blamed on their sense of cultural honor
and saving face and all that jazz. BUT, how can the system be saved when, THERE IS NO HONOR AMONG THIEVES?! Its a vicious cycle with them.

Funny how the UK and now Japan are slowly returning to their feudal roots. They have the brilliance to save themselves, but they don't. What's up
with that?

Maybe that's why China took over the notes on our national debt... their just waiting for Japan to collapse and when we try to help... China will
hold up our promissory notes and say, sit this one out boys, we got this... unless we want to be foreclosed upon we will

Good for you! I, too, am one of those Americans. You know, the ones who work VERY hard and pay all of our taxes so that others in this country can
benefit from the assistance THEY ARE ENTITLED TO in this country!

I have never received a hand-out from anyone...let alone the government. But I support the idea of providing assistance to those in need. (I don't
support the abuse of that system or those that use the assistance programs as a forever income. This statement does not include or refer to the
disabled.)

I guess I can understand what you're saying, but wasn't there some who said others were being doom and gloomers when they were trying to warn
everyone about the state of the economy back in the beginning of '08? Look what happened.

I'm not saying that this might be one of those scenarios, but I just get a little irked whenever some bad news comes our way and there are those who
immediately say, "Get over it, they're just trying to scare you".

News is news and the reason we have forums like this is so we can all look at it and pick it apart and then decide whether or not it's something we
need to be worried about. Because when you do that, you can be a little more prepared for the worst.

If people had actually listened to others when they were trying to warn about the economy, they probably wouldn't have gotten those equity loans to
pay for a remodel or a new boat. They probably would have invested their money a lot more conservatively also or taken measure to protect their
money.

So we need to look at this more closely before ANYBODY jumps to conclusions.

Don't get me wrong; there are many aspects of Japanese culture that I respect and abide by after visiting.

However, Japan, taken as a whole, isn't creative in modern ways like the Americans. They are wonderful innovators in terms of culture, i.e. Kaizen,
efficiency, etc. But look at the early case studies, for example, the Japanese "reworking" American engineering in the automotive industry.

There is a global meltdown and it would make sense that "copiers" that bring *lean* to business processes are having difficulties right now given
that manufacturing is trumped by China.

Once (if) the world market improves, and innovates, the Japanese will be the first to streamline the new products, services, etc.

You (or another one) did say on the other thread that you hope that some of them will develop moral fortitude and that would cause their downfall.
After thousands of years of manipulating the human race you expect them to be suddenly compassionate now?

Tinfoil wearers have been talking about things accelerating before 2012. Guess what's happening?

Personally, I have great respect for the Japanese as a race.. they developed completely separate from outside interference, are extremely advanced and
have a noble, moral and respectful outlook towards each other... obviously not all of them but the basic idea is still strong.

I'm not talking about "tinfoil wearers". I'm talking about the economic experts and various other prominent figures like Ron Paul last year that
were trying to warn us all while others were telling us all that these people were just trying to scare us.

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